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Ali 'Imran (The Family of Imran)

Verse 24of 200

ذَٰلِكَ بِأَنَّهُمْ قَالُوا۟ لَن تَمَسَّنَا ٱلنَّارُ إِلَّآ أَيَّامًۭا مَّعْدُودَٰتٍۢ ۖ وَغَرَّهُمْ فِى دِينِهِم مَّا كَانُوا۟ يَفْتَرُونَ﴿٢٤

Translation (Sahih International)

That is because they say, "Never will the Fire touch us except for [a few] numbered days," and [because] they were deluded in their religion by what they were inventing.

Word-by-word meaning

ذَٰلِكَdhālikaThat
بِأَنَّهُمْbi-annahum(is) because they
قَالُوا۟qālūsay
لَنlanNever
تَمَسَّنَاtamassanāwill touch us
ٱلنَّارُl-nāruthe Fire
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَيَّامًۭاayyāman(for) days
مَّعْدُودَٰتٍۢ ۖmaʿdūdātinnumbered
وَغَرَّهُمْwagharrahumAnd deceived them
فِىin
دِينِهِمdīnihimtheir religion
مَّاwhat
كَانُوا۟kānūthey were
يَفْتَرُونَyaftarūnainventing

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Chastising the People of the Book for Not Referring to the Book of Allah for JudgmentAllah criticizes the Jews and Christians who claim to follow their Books, the Tawrah and the Injil, because when they are called to refer to these Books where Allah commanded them to follow Muhammad , they turn away with aversion. This censure and criticism from Allah was all because of their defiance and rejection.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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